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    AMICC FACTSHEETS & REPORTS

    Timeline

    Chronology of US Opposition to the International Criminal Court: From 'Signature Suspension' to Immunity Agreements to Darfur (July 29, 2010)
    US Policy Toward the ICC

    The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Self-Executing Treaty Under US Law?, by Douglas Dunbar (July 16, 2010)
    The Obama Administration's Evolving Policy Toward the International Criminal Court, by Douglas Dunbar (July 15, 2010)
    Statements of Barack Obama on the International Criminal Court (July 15, 2010)
    Statements regarding US-ICC Cooperation (July 29, 2010)
    The Non-Renewal of the "Nethercutt Amendment" and its Impact on the Bilateral Immunity Agreement (BIA) Campaign, by Lucia DiCicco (April 30, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the Ratification and Incorporation of the Rome Statute into US Law for the Purpose of Complementarity at the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (April 24, 2009)
    An Assessment of US Policy and Action in Relation to the International Criminal Court During the Bush Administration, 2001-2009, and Prospects for the Obama Administration's ICC Policy, by Veronica Glick (April 20, 2009)
    Status of the US Signature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
    by Aurélie Coppin (September 11, 2008)
    US Organizations Supporting the ICC (May 2005)
    US Courts and the ICC

    US Federal Case Law Citations to the International Criminal Court, by Amitis Khojasteh and Douglas Dunbar (May 26, 2010)
    The Rights of Victims in United States Criminal Proceedings and at the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (August 20, 2009)
    US Federal Courts Rely on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Civil Cases, including Khulumani v. Barclay Nat'l Bank, by Duane W. Krohnke (November 9, 2009)
    A Comparison of Criminal Procedure in US Federal Courts and at the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (July 1, 2009)
    Responses to Concerns About the ICC

    The ICC: A Case for Conservatives Revisited, by Briony MacPhee Rowe (April 28, 2010)
    Original Paper and Questions & Answers (August 30, 2005)
    Safeguards and Protections for Military and Diplomatic Officials under the Rome Statute, by Lucia DiCicco (August 26, 2009)
    The Crime of Aggression and the United States: Negotiations of the International Criminal Court, by Gergana Halpern (October 1, 2007)
      Questions & Answers
    Darfur, the International Criminal Court and the United States, by Amitis Khojasteh (August 2, 2007)
    Comparison: The US Constitution vs. The ICC's Rome Statute (2005)
    Questions and Answers on Hearsay and the Rights of the Accused, by Eva Nudd (December 27, 2005)
    US Cooperation with the ICC on Darfur, by Mariana Pena (September 27, 2005)
    Hearsay and the Rights of the Accused: A Comparison of US Law and Anticipated Practices of the ICC, by Laurence D. Borten (August 2005)
    The ICC Statute and US Constitutional Questions, by Alexander Ward (September 16, 2004)
    Myths about United States Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court (2002)
    Safeguards in the Rome Statute Against Abuse of the Court to Harass American Servicemembers and Civilian Officials (2001)

    LAW REVIEWS

    Douglass Cassel, Empowering United States Courts to Hear Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of the ICC, 35:2 New England L. Rev. 421 (2002)
    William K. Lietzau, The United States and the International Criminal Court: International Criminal Law After Rome: Concerns from a U.S. Military Perspective, 64 Law & Contemp. Prob. 119 (2001)

    Erik Rosenfeld, Note: Application of US Status of Forces Agreements to Article 98 of the Rome Statute, 2 Wash. U. Global Studies L. Rev. 273 (Winter 2003)

    Michael P. Scharf, The United States and the International Criminal Court: The ICC's Jurisdiction over the Nationals of Non-Party States: A Critique of the US Position, 64 Law & Contemp. Prob. 67 (2001)

    David J. Scheffer, Developments in International Criminal Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court, 93 A.J.I.L. 12 (1999)
    David Scheffer, Fourteenth Waldemar A. Solf Lecture in International Law: A Negotiator's Perspective on the International Criminal Court, 167 Mil. L. Rev. 1 (2000)
    David Scheffer, Article 98(2) of the Rome Statute: America’s Original Intent, 3 J. Int'l Crim. Just. 333 (2005)
    John Washburn & Jennifer Schense, The United States and the International Criminal Court, 35 Int'l Lawyer (ABA Section of Int'l Law & Practice) 614 (2001)
    ICC Opponents

    Jack Goldsmith, The Self-Defeating International Criminal Court, 70 U. Chi. L. Rev 89 (2003) (In May 2003 Professor Goldsmith was named head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Council)

    Madeline Morris, Democracy and Punishment: The Democratic Dilemma of the International Criminal Court, 5 Buff. Crim. L. R. 591 (2002)

    Madeline Morris, The United States and the International Criminal Court: High Crimes and Misconceptions: The ICC and Non-Party States, 64 Law & Contemp. Prob. 13 (2001)

    Guy Roberts, Assault on Sovereignty: The Clear and Present Danger of the New International Criminal Court, 36 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 35 (2001)


    BOOKS

    Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Rule of Power or Rule of Law? An Assessment of US Policies and Actions Regarding Security-Related Treaties (ed. N. Deller, A. Makhijani & J. Burroughs, Apex Press 2003), including a chapter on the ICC.
    The United States and the International Criminal Court: National Security and International Law (ed. Sarah B. Sewall & Carl Kaysen, American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2000)


    OTHER

    Report of an Independent Task Force convened by American Society of International Law, U.S. Policy Toward the International Criminal Court: Furthering Positive Engagement, March 2009
    Atlantic Council of the United States, Policy Paper, Law & the Lone Superpower: Building a Transatlantic Consensus on International Law, by William H. Taft IV and Frances G. Burwell, April 2007
    AMICC's analysis (August 22, 2007)

    Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) Secretariat, Bilateral agreements proposed by US government (a legal analysis), August 23, 2002
    Congressional Research Service Report for Congress on "International Criminal Court Cases in Africa: Status and Policy Issues," April 2, 2010
    Congressional Research Service Report for Congress on "International Criminal Court: Overview and Selected Legal Issues," June 5, 2002
    Congressional Research Service Report for Congress on "US Policy Regarding the ICC," September 3, 2002
    Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: US Bilateral Agreements Relating to ICC, 97 A.J.I.L. 200 (ed. Sean D. Murphy, Jan. 2003)

    Council on Foreign Relations, Council Sprecial Report, From Rome to Kampala: The U.S. Approach to the 2010 International Criminal Court Review Conference, by Vijay Padmanabhan (April 2010)

    Council on Foreign Relations, Council Policy Initiative, Toward an International Criminal Court? Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches, by John R. Bolton, Kenneth Roth, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Ruth Wedgwood (1999)

    Council on Foreign Relations, Report of an Independent Task Force on Public Diplomacy (July 2002)
    "Examples of misunderstood or misguided policies include the rejections of... the agreement to create the International Criminal Court.... Let us be clear: public diplomacy is not a matter of seeking foreign public approval to drive U.S. policy, nor is it simply an effort to win popularity. Rather, it involves a baseline recognition that foreign attitudes and understanding affect the success or failure of U.S. policies."

    Council on Foreign Relations, Transcript, Should the U.S. Support a Strong and Independent International Criminal Court? Great Debate Series Between David J. Scheffer and Kenneth Roth with Commentary by Marc A. Thiessen, New York, N.Y. (May 6, 1998)

    Human Rights Watch, "United States Efforts to Undermine the International Criminal Court": Article 98 Agreements, August 2, 2002
    Human Rights Watch, "United States Efforts to Undermine the International Criminal Court": Article 98(2) Agreements, July 9, 2002
    Robert Kagan, Power and Weakness: Why the United States and Europe see the world differently, Policy Review (Hoover Institution June & July 2002)
    Bryan MacPherson, Authority of the Security Council to Exempt Peacekeepers from International Criminal Court Proceedings, ASIL Insight (July 2002)
    Jamie Mayerfeld, Who Shall be the Judge?: The United States, the International Criminal Court, and the Global Enforcement of Human Rights, HRQ 25 (2003)
    Joe Sills et al., Environmental Crimes in Military Actions and the International Criminal Court (ICC) - United Nations Perspectives, Army Environmental Policy Institute, April 2001

    State Department Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Factsheet: Frequently Asked Questions About the US Government's Policy Regarding the ICC, July 30, 2003
    UCLA School of Law, International Justice Clinic, The Road to Kampala: U.S. Participation in the Review Conference of the International Criminal Court (April 2010)
    ICC Opponents

    John R. Bolton, Courting Danger: What's Wrong with the International Criminal Court, National Interest, Winter 1998-99 (a publication of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)

    Casey, Kadel, Rivkin, and Williamson, The United States and the International Criminal Court: Concerns and Possible Courses of Action (Federalist Society 2002)
    Gary T. Dempsey, Reasonable Doubt, The Case Against the Proposed International Criminal Court (Cato Policy Analysis No. 311, July 6 1998)
    The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder, An Inconvenient Founding: America's Principles Applied to the ICC, by Marion Smith, February 18, 2010
    AMICC's analysis (February 22, 2010)

    The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder, The U.S. Should Not Join the International Criminal Court, by Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves, August 17, 2009
    AMICC's analysis, by Wendy Bremang  (September 18, 2009)

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